BASF breaking new ground with ChemCycling project
In New Jersey, BASF for the first time is making products with chemically recycled plastics, with its ChemCycling project. Chemical recycling provides an innovative...
Fat Tuesday targets lean waste
In New Orleans, Fat Tuesday is getting a green makeover with biobased products aimed at reducing the massive amount of trash left behind.
Otherwise known...
World’s first plastic-free aisle opens in supermarket
In the Netherlands, Dutch supermarket chain Ekoplaza opened its first totally plastic-free aisle in one of their Amsterdam supermarkets, making it the first in...
Plant based biopharmaceutical helps people with eye growth
In Mexico, researchers are working on a biopharmaceutical made from a plant called Siempreviva to help patients with pterygium, an abnormal benign growth on...
Nordson Continues Buying Spree with Acquisition of Vention Medical Advanced Technologies
In Ohio, Nordson Corporation, which makes many different products related to dispensing and applying a variety of biomaterials including adhesives, coatings, polymers, and sealants,...
Store Enso Constructing New Warehouse to Help Biomass Transportation and Logistics
In Finland, Stora Enso, a pulp and paper biomass producer, is building a 5,950 square meter (64,000 square foot) warehouse facility at the Port...
Bioplastics to Overtake Conventional Plastics by Early 2020s
In Italy, the Italian Institute of Technology is studying the viability of bioplastics and predicts that biomaterial based plastics will outperform and overtake traditional...
A gourd idea: New York firm grows cups and flasks in molds
In New York, architecture and design firm Creme is designing cups and flasks using gourds that are grown inside 3D-printed molds.
"The inspiration actually came...
Romanian Government Proposing Plastic Bag Biomaterial Labeling Law
In Romania, legislators from the various political parties are using as a basis a European Union Directive from 2015 to reduce the use of...
Bamboo-based diapers, delivered to your door for just $60/month
In Arizona, a subscription service for bamboo-based diapers has launched for just $60/month—a price any parent will call a bargain.
STYR Labs says the service,...